Panasonic Lumix FZ 2000

[JHFoto]

New camera available from November, looks good.....

[ChrisLumix]

Panasonic are having a right old time - bringing out radical new cameras while playing 'catch up' in other lines. There's a new LX10 which is presumably meant to compete directly with the Sony RX100 series (on size principally). 

[Craftysnapper]

On 27/09/2016 at 21:41, ChrisLumix said:

Panasonic are having a right old time - bringing out radical new cameras while playing 'catch up' in other lines. There's a new LX10 which is presumably meant to compete directly with the Sony RX100 series (on size principally). 

Indeed they do and not that well at the moment. As much as I love my GX80 the VF is still the old LCD technology that is in the GX7 while even Olympus budget E-M 0 mk2 is a OLED VF and the dif rrence is like day and night as it is between my E-M5 mk2.

[Clicker]

Just seen this Paul.... I've just mentioned the same camera in the banter box ..l think I'll check it out ... I've had the FZ1000 for 18  months  now .......

[NannyFerret]

I've just treated myself to a new bridge camera, as it,s getting increasingly difficult to carry lenses etc. very far.

I got the Sony HX400v. I haven't been out with it yet, but have played with it to get used to the controls and settings.

No raw, but I can live with that as the quality of the Jpegs looks very good.

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Good price and I saved a bit by buying a spare battery at the same time.

The thing that decided me to buy a new camera was when I noticed a small spot in sky pictures in my TZ60 and didn't really want to pay out fot it to be repaired when I could put the money towards a bridge with a bit more scope.

I can clone the spot out if I want to use the smaller camera, and still enjoy the features of the Sony.

No proper pics to show yet, but hopefully will be able to test it properly soon.

Edited October 2, 2016 by NannyFerret

[ChrisLumix]

34 minutes ago, NannyFerret said:

The thing that decided me to buy a new camera was when I noticed a small spot in sky pictures in my TZ60 and didn't really want to pay out fot it to be repaired when I could put the money towards a bridge with a bit more scope.

That's most likely dust on the sensor. If you feel adventurous, you could Google "remove sensor dust from fixed lens camera" - apparently an adroitly applied vacuum cleaner often does the trick!

[NannyFerret]

I'm not even going to attempt it, Chris.

I have set it to the wide setting and that seems to cut it out a bit, but I will have to do a few more test shots to see properly as only done a couple on the present setting.

I'm quite enjoying having a new toy to play with though.

I have set my Nikon up with extension tubes so I can potter around with it, but as the Sony can take the Raymox, I can see it being a good all round camera.

Edited October 2, 2016 by NannyFerret